Ben Marsland
Professor of Immunology at Monash University, Melbourne, and Editor-in-Chief of Mucosal Immunology, leading the Respiratory/Mucosal Immunology Research Group.
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Sep 28, 2026
Ashu MangalamHOST
Looking back, What were one or two pivotal decision of perfect unexpected opportunity that had the biggest impact on your career?
Ben MarslandGUEST
The two of them invited them at least to personal decisions, which also really had massive impacts on my career.
Ben MarslandGUEST
As a postdoc, I thought I'd go to San Francisco to do a postdoc, and I had a lab loaned up that I was very excited about.
Ben MarslandGUEST
And as I was interviewing in San Francisco, I mentioned how, yes, it's a situation.
Ben MarslandGUEST
And he, I told me, no, this is what's going to take them if we kill the San Francisco.
8 MINS LATER
Ashu MangalamHOST
What areas of mucosal immunology excite you the most and where do you think the next major breakthrough one or many will come from?